Water-closet floor connection



Patented Nov. 316, 192%.

A TORNE Y.

G. DOUGLAS. WATER CLOSET FLQOB CONNECTION. APPLICATION FILED JULY 30. I920.

UNITED STATES GEORGE DOUGLAS, 0]? SPARTA, ILLINOIS.

WATER-CLOSET FLOOR CONNECTION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 16,1920.

Application filed July 30, 1920. Serial No. 399,995.

To all to 7mm it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE DOUGLAS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sparta, in the county of Randolph and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vll'ater-Closet Floor Connections, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to water closet floor connections, the primary object of which is to utilize a floor connectionwhich will properly accommodate the standardized short horn closet bowl.

Another object of the invention is to provide a connection of the above mentioned type which will be positively sanitary, one which will permit expeditious installation and is readily accessible for repair should occasion demand.

The above and other objects of my invention will be inpart described and in part understood from the following description of the present prefered embodiment of the invention taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, where- Figure 1, is a fragmentary verticalsectional view of a connection constructed in accordance withmy invention, illustrating its application and Fig. 2. is a similar view of a slightly modified form.

In the drawings I have in Fig. 1 shown an alllead connection which is especially adapted for use with a water seal. In Fig. 2 an all-aluminum and copper connection is used in coniunction with either a mercury or a water seal. although a combination of both isdesirahle.

A por ion of a fioorl is provided in which an opening is formed having mounted th rein a lead waste nine 2. the l tter beiu con trict d at a point remote from id iioor to provide an annular fia e The uoper termin l of the pipe is flanoed over the top face oi the floor as ind cated at 4.

Depending in the wast nin 2 rlire tlv fllanve rheannul r fiance 3 s a t av bo'lv 5 \vbi'di c ns ts 0F an hilt"? wall snu lv e g n" the inn r eri rv o t e ste n ne. ne rm nal o t ut r w ll is fl w d over the flange 4 o t e w ste nine while h nnnosit term l i ent i rd y at right angles to provide a floor or bottom 6. Said opposite terminal is then bent upwardly at right angles to the bottom 6 and in spaced parallel relation to the outer wall 7 thereby providing an inner wall for the tray body as indicated at 8. The tree termlnal of the inner wall falls short of the free terminal of the outer Wall and is bent inwardly as indicated at 9.

A water closet howl 10 is arranged directly above the opening in the floor l and is equipped with a supporting stand 11, the latter engaging the floor and being secured thereto by any suitable securing means, such for instance, as bolts 12. The closet bowl is extended downwardly below the stand 11 to provide a short horn 13 which terminates in the same plane as the lower face of the stand 11. It will be observed that when in this position the said lower terminal of the horn terminates at approximately the upper surface or the floor appreciably spaced from the upper margin of the inner wall 8 of said tray body.

A tray division 14 is pendent carried by the horn 13 and consists of an annular ring, the upper marginal edge of which is bent outwardlv directly beneath the lower face of the stand 11 and is engaged therewith. The lower marginal ed e of said ring pends downwardly about midway between the front wall 7 and rear wall 8 of the traybody and is spaced from the bottom 6 of the latter. A gasket 15 is interposed between the flanged upper end of the tray division and the flanged upper end of the outer wall 7.

The form of the invention above described includes a water seal, the water being deposited in the tray bodv 5. The wa er line is at the top of the inner wall 8.

The form of the invent on shown in Fig. 2 i substantially identical with that shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings except that in Fig. 2 an aluminum and copper connection is used and the c nst uction of the tray body is slight-l" difieren The tray ody which is generally des gn ted 5 in Fig. 2 h s the upper end of its inner wall 8' b nt. abruutly inwrd v at n incl mt on to nro i le truncated c neshnned unner end 16. In this form of the in ent n the wat"r line is nre er l-lv at t e iointure oi he conesl an d u r end 16 and the m in portion of the wall 8'. Mercury is deposited on top of the water and extends upwardly tothe upper margin of the cone-shaped portion 16. r

V division flanges.

It is to' be understoodsthat changes may be made by me in the configuration ofthis connection, the materials used and the arrangements of the parts as is the appendedclaims.

What I claim is:

1. A floor connection 'for water-closets including a waste pipe pending from the floor and havingits-upper end flanged over the latter, a traybody sleeved in said pipe and having a flange superimposed'o n said. pipe flange, a closet bowl horn equipped with a tray'division which depends in'the,

tray body'and is also provided with a flange, the latter mentioned flange being adjacent the body flange, and a gasket 1nterposed between the tray body, and tray 2. A water closet floor connection includin a waste pipe depending through the floor and equipped with a detachable tray body, and a water closet horn equipped with a tray division, the latter depending in the tray body substantially as described.

permited by V j 7 tray division and tray body.

3. A water-closet floor connection ineluding a bowl having a supporting base and a' short depending horn which terminates ate-said base, a liquid "receiving tray body depending from the floor, and a tray division secured to said horn and dependhorn and the opposite margin pending be tween the walls of thetray body.

. In testimony whereof I afix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

V GEORGE DOUGLAS.

Witnesses: 1 V

CARL C. STEPHENSON, A. J WYLIE. 

